27 May 2015
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver ACTU Congress Congress 2015 Strategic plan
Around a thousand union delegates from around Australia have voted unanimously in support of a new $13 million plan to transform the ACTU into a permanent campaigning organisation at the triennial ACTU Congress in Melbourne today.
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver presented the plan to target around 30 marginal seats across the country with grass roots campaigning to be coordinated by 20 new staff employed by the ACTU.
The transformation of the ACTU into a permanent campaigning organisation will allow unions to campaign online, on the ground, politically and in the workplace on specific issues that matter to working people and that fit under a new union charter launched at the Congress.
The Union Charter is based around six key issues - workers rights, universal healthcare, the highest quality education, public services owned by everyone for the benefit of everyone, a secure retirement and a fair go for all that requires everyone to pay their fair share of tax.
ACTU polling released on Monday in the six key marginal seats of Corangamite (Vic), Page (NSW), Hindmarsh (SA), Leichhardt (Qld), Braddon (Tas) and Swan (WA) showed the majority of Coalition voters in those seats did not believe the Abbott Government had a plan to create jobs in their area.
The polling also showed the majority of voters believed the Abbott Government would make more cuts to health and education and that the Federal Budget did nothing to protect the living standards of working families.
These are some of the issues the ACTU and unions around the country will be campaigning on in the lead up to the coming state, territory and federal elections.
Quotes attributable to ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver:
“The union movement is at its strongest when we are united and campaigning together.
“This will be a permanent change to make the ACTU a campaigning organisation that will help coordinate both large national campaigns and union or seat specific campaigns.
“We’ll be campaigning online, on the ground, politically and in the workplace. We’ll be having one-one conversation with members and the community about the issues that matter to them – whether it’s jobs, health and education or a secure retirement.
“If there’s an early election we’ll be ready but this is about unions campaigning on the issues that matter to working people permanently, regardless of who is in government.”
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver ACTU Congress Congress 2015 Strategic plan
Around a thousand union delegates from around Australia have voted unanimously in support of a new $13 million plan to transform the ACTU into a permanent campaigning organisation at the triennial ACTU Congress in Melbourne today.
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver presented the plan to target around 30 marginal seats across the country with grass roots campaigning to be coordinated by 20 new staff employed by the ACTU.
The transformation of the ACTU into a permanent campaigning organisation will allow unions to campaign online, on the ground, politically and in the workplace on specific issues that matter to working people and that fit under a new union charter launched at the Congress.
The Union Charter is based around six key issues - workers rights, universal healthcare, the highest quality education, public services owned by everyone for the benefit of everyone, a secure retirement and a fair go for all that requires everyone to pay their fair share of tax.
ACTU polling released on Monday in the six key marginal seats of Corangamite (Vic), Page (NSW), Hindmarsh (SA), Leichhardt (Qld), Braddon (Tas) and Swan (WA) showed the majority of Coalition voters in those seats did not believe the Abbott Government had a plan to create jobs in their area.
The polling also showed the majority of voters believed the Abbott Government would make more cuts to health and education and that the Federal Budget did nothing to protect the living standards of working families.
These are some of the issues the ACTU and unions around the country will be campaigning on in the lead up to the coming state, territory and federal elections.
Quotes attributable to ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver:
“The union movement is at its strongest when we are united and campaigning together.
“This will be a permanent change to make the ACTU a campaigning organisation that will help coordinate both large national campaigns and union or seat specific campaigns.
“We’ll be campaigning online, on the ground, politically and in the workplace. We’ll be having one-one conversation with members and the community about the issues that matter to them – whether it’s jobs, health and education or a secure retirement.
“If there’s an early election we’ll be ready but this is about unions campaigning on the issues that matter to working people permanently, regardless of who is in government.”
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